Auf Org läuft gerade eine höchst spannende Diskussion über Capt. Walter Dyett und seine Schüler, ich zitiere ein wenig (ein paar Geburtsdaten habe ich ergänzt – bei Campell weiss man nur, dass er am 30. Dezember 2000 im Alter von 73 Jahren starb:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-01-04/news/0001040126_1_mr-campbell-jazz-drummer-great-drummers
1927 ist daher ziemlich wahrscheinlich, redbeans kann das ja mal durchrechnen 
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Larry Kart
Taken from a FB post by Allan Chase:The list of Dyett’s DuSable High School music program alumni is virtually a „Who’s Who“ of Chicago jazz. Among Dyett’s students were:
Nat „King“ Cole (b. 1917)-piano, voice
Von Freeman (b. 1922)-tenor saxophone
Bruz Freeman (birthdate unknown [b. 1921])-drums
George Freeman (birthdate unknown [b. 1927])-guitar
Bennie Green (b. 1923)-trombone
Dorothy Donegan (b. 1924)-piano
Dinah Washington (b. 1924)-voice
Martha Davis (birthdate unknown [b. 1917])-piano, voice
Gene Ammons (b. 1925)-tenor saxophone
*Victor Sproles (b. 1927)-bass
Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel) (b. 1928)-violin, guitar
E. „Prince“ Shell (b. 1928)-valve trombone, piano, arranger
Johnny Griffin (b. 1928)-tenor saxophone
*Laurdine „Pat“ Patrick (b. 1929)-saxophones, flute
Richard Davis (b. 1929)-bass
John Jenkins (b. 1931)-alto saxophone
Clifford Jordan (b. 1931)-tenor saxophone
*John Gilmore (b. 1931)-tenor saxophone, clarinet
*Robert Barry (b. 1932)-drums
Leroy Jenkins (b. 1932)-violin (flute and alto sax in high school)
Donald Rafael Garrett (b. 1932)-bass (clarinet or saxophone in high school?)
*Richard Evans (b. 1933)-bass, arranger
*Charles Davis (b. 1933)-baritone saxophone
*Julian Priester (b. 1935)-trombone, arranger
*Ronnie Boykins (b. 1935)-bass
Eddie Harris (b. 1936)-tenor saxophone
Andrew Hill (b. 1937 [1931!])-piano (mellophone in high school)
Joseph Jarman (b. 1937)-saxophones
Wilbur Campbell (birthdate unknown [b. 1927])-drums(* Musicians who later recorded with Sun Ra.)
Chuck Nessa
Before DuSable, he taught at Wendell Phillips High School. Milt Hinton was his student there.Edit to say Milt told me Nat Cole started at Phillips and moved to DuSable in 1935 when Dyett transferred.
John Litweiler
At Wendell Phillips Capt. Dyett assisted the bandmaster Major N. Clark Smith. DuSable is where Dyett himself became a bandmaster.Fred Hopkins and Mwata Bowden were Dyett students during his last years at DuSable. John Young and Freddie Below were Dyett students and Redd Foxx performed in some of Dyett’s shows at DuSable.
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The main thing here is, Wendell Phillips was the first black high school in Chicago and DuSable (opened in the 1930s) was the second. Dyett’s success as a teacher is to some extent a result of this city’s segregation.
Under the allegedly reformed Chicago Public Schools, what remains of DuSable High School is 200 or 300 students in the old building. 1 or 2 or maybe more other high schools are also at the old building. I believe Walter Dyett Elementary School, in Washington Park, was not opened until after Dyett’s death. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s current school board closed Dyett School last year.
Dann das hier aus einem Robert Barry-Interview:
RB: DuSable High School. We had a marching band, swing band, concert band. Captain Walter Dyett was a phenomenal teacher. He taught all the guys that wound up coming out of Chicago: Nat King Cole, Benny Green, Johnny Griffin, Wilbur Campbell, Irma Thompson, Gene Ammons, John Gilmore, Clifford Jordan, Julian Priester, Richard Evans, myself. He was a positive thinker. You couldn’t mention the word can’t in his presence. He’d go into a rage and would physically throw you. [Laughs] He’d take you by your collar or by the seat of your pants – somebody open the door and boom! He’d say, „Don’t never come back here until you lose that word.“ And he’d say, „You are what you eat and you are what you think you are.“ He used to keep a .38 on the desk. Everybody would carry knives. He’d say, „You guys think you’re bad with your knives and your switchblades – I got something for you!“ [Laughs] Walter Dyett – he was something else.
Quelle: http://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=1001
Off-topic, aber auch sehr interessant, am Ende noch eine Liste von Cass Tech-Absolventen, die aber nur von Wiki reinkpiere wurde – hier der Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Technical_High_School#Arts_and_entertainment
(softwarebeschädigten Post repariert, 31.10.2020)
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